Author of Young Adult and Teen Books
When I’m not writing (like this week due to being super busy), I indulge in reading. This week’s reading is Layla Hagen’s Taming the CEO. It is a fantastic Enemies-to-Lovers romance. I’ve read a few of Hagen’s books and Taming the CEO just happens to be the latest read of hers. It started just a …
We’ve all done it: Wrote something that never saw the light of day. Often times, as a writer, I begin something and abandon it. Sometimes abandonment comes from lack of interest, story stalling, or even not knowing where to go from where you are. Today’s tip focuses on resurrecting that old piece of writing that …
I don’t always read fiction books. I do include books that I think will include useful information to help me improve my writing. I currently have several books on crafting scenes in my queue to read and I started with this one: Setting: How to Create Authentic Settings that Readers can’t Get Enough of by …
When I start to write, I like to keep everything neat and organized. In fact, I’ll keep a nice folder with my characters taped into it along with any notes or print outs I’ve had. Even changes to the outline are kept in my folder. At the end of writing, I’ll usually put the publication …
I have been working on an outline lately that will be the latest book of mine. Things are going slowly, only because I’m currently writing (and it’s taking longer than usual) a book for my alter ego in adult spicy romance. I had planned to use the outline as a spicy book, but then I …
When you begin your writing, it is best to go into it with a plan. Last week I talked about using tropes to help plan, develop, and expand your writing. What I didn’t mention in that article is that you also need to plan it out and outline your writing. This planning stage of outlining …
I’ve been on a huge romance kick lately. Usually when I’m writing a certain genre, I like to read similar books. It tends to keep me focused on my writing. My book selection this week is Kiera Cass’s The Selection. This romance tends to also fall into a dystopian type of genre which I hope …
Tropes, while often discouraged due to their overuse, are something that can be used when planning out your novel or story. Most tropes are things that we see all the time in writing. The damsel in distress. The search for treasure or adventure. The knight in shining armor. These things can be used to plan …
On the last day of the school year, I was able to present two of my students a signed copy of my latest book, Romancing Mr. All-Star. The first thing that they did was flip through the pages to find their names because I used their names as characters in the book. They asked me …